What games have you worked on?GTR, GT Legends, GTR2, BMW M3 Challenge, Need For Speed: SHIFT, SHIFT 2 UnleashedWhat does your job involve?Overseeing all aspects of the game development process – from design input to decisions regarding implementation and the QA process. I also still do a small amount of coding which is my main career background and first work love.Where did your career start? How long have you been with SMS then?I’ve been part of the core team since we were founded in 2001. I worked at Hewlett-Packard and Avaya previously.What influenced you to get into the games industry?Pure and simple – I love games :O)If you weren’t working in videogames therefore, what would you be doing instead?A programming job of some description. The industry is less important really than the challenge of new coding problems.What’s been your proudest moment working at Slightly Mad Studios?Delivering the SHIFT series on time and on budget with comparatively small timescales and resourcesAnd what’s been your toughest challenge?Delivering the SHIFT series on time and on budget with comparatively small timescales and resources!What’s the one genre you’d like to work on most?Now I’ve ‘done’ racing, an RPG would be nice.What’s your favorite game of all time?A tie between Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of TimeWhat was your first car you bought, and what car do you drive now?First car was a Ford Cortina. Current car is a TVR Griffith 500.Where do you see gaming going in the future?Social and mobile gaming are the huge growth areas currently.What are your hopes for the next-generation of consoles?A bit faster and a bit bigger ;O) Something that allows for new creativity and input methods.What’s your Gamertag/PSN ID in case people want to play you online?Erm, I think “AndyGarton”.

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Meet the Team!

Here at Slightly Mad most team members have, on average, around 10+ years of experience in the industry having worked on a variety of different platforms and genres.

Here you can meet each one and get an insight into why & how each got into the industry and what they do within the company.